2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put

Men's shot put
at the 2017 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates5 August (qualification)
6 August (final)
Competitors32 from 21 nations
Winning distance22.03 m (72 ft 3+14 in)
Medalists
    New Zealand
    United States
    Croatia

The men's shot put at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5–6 August.[1]

Summary

2016 Olympic champion, #7 all-time and the 2017 season leader Ryan Crouser was the favourite, having won every single meet of the season leading up to the Championships. Nine athletes reached the automatic qualification mark of 20.75m in the qualification round. The defending world champion Joe Kovacs and the European U23 champion Konrad Bukowiecki qualified for the final as non-automatic qualifiers.

In the final Joe Kovacs led after the first round with a put of 21.48 metres, and in the second round he was overtaken by Tomas Walsh with 21.64 metres while Stipe Žunić moved into third with 21.46 metres. The order of the top three never subsequently changed, although Walsh and Kovacs both improved their distances in the third round. In the final round Kovacs put beyond the 22 metre line, but this was a foul throw. Already the winner, Walsh finished with his best put of 22.03 metres.[2]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 23.12 Randy Barnes USA 20 May 1990 Westwood, CA, United States
Championship 22.23 Werner Günthör  SUI 29 Aug 1987 Rome, Italy
World leading 22.65 Ryan Crouser USA 25 Jun 2017 Sacramento, CA, United States
African 21.97 Janus Robberts RSA 2 Jun 2001 Eugene, OR, United States
Asian 21.13 Sultan Abdulmajeed Al-Hebshi KSA 8 May 2009 Doha, Qatar
NACAC 23.12 Randy Barnes USA 20 May 1990 Westwood,CA, United States
South American 21.82 Darlan Romani BRA 3 Jun 2017 São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
European 23.06 Ulf Timmermann GDR 22 May 1988 Chania, Greece
Oceanian 22.21 Tomas Walsh NZL 5 Sep 2016 Zagreb, Croatia

No records were set at the competition.[4]

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 20.50 metres.[5]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:[6]

Date Time Round
5 August 10:00 Qualification
6 August 20:35 Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took on 5 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 10:00 and Group B starting at 10:01. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 20.75 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.[7] The overall results were as follows:[8]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 A Tomas Walsh  New Zealand 22.14 22.14 Q, SB
2 B David Storl  Germany 21.41 21.41 Q
3 A Michał Haratyk  Poland 21.27 21.27 Q
4 A Darrell Hill  United States x x 21.11 21.11 Q
5 B Jacko Gill  New Zealand 20.96 20.96 Q
6 B Ryan Crouser  United States 20.90 20.90 Q
7 B Stipe Žunić  Croatia 20.86 20.86 Q
8 B Ryan Whiting  United States 20.84 20.84 Q
9 B Tomáš Stanek  Czech Republic 20.76 20.76 Q
10 A Joe Kovacs  United States 20.62 20.67 x 20.67 q
11 A Andrei Gag  Romania 20.31 x 20.61 20.61 q, SB
12 B Konrad Bukowiecki  Poland x 20.11 20.55 20.55 q
13 A Jakub Szyszkowski  Poland 19.13 19.50 20.54 20.54
14 A Filip Mihaljević  Croatia x x 20.33 20.33
15 B Darlan Romani  Brazil x 20.21 19.91 20.21
16 A Tim Nedow  Canada 19.66 20.09 20.03 20.09
17 A Tsanko Arnaudov  Portugal 19.83 20.02 20.08 20.08
18 A Ladislav Prášil  Czech Republic 20.04 19.76 19.92 20.04
19 A O'Dayne Richards  Jamaica x 19.84 19.95 19.95
20 B Damien Birkinhead  Australia 19.90 19.79 19.50 19.90
21 A Mesud Pezer  Bosnia and Herzegovina x 19.51 19.88 19.88
22 A Carlos Tobalina  Spain 19.38 19.87 x 19.87
23 A Orazio Cremona  South Africa 19.81 19.61 19.35 19.81
24 A Franck Elemba  Congo 19.18 19.74 19.40 19.74
25 B Chukwuebuka Enekwechi  Nigeria 19.27 19.70 19.72 19.72
26 A Aleksandr Lesnoy  Authorised Neutral Athletes x 19.67 x 19.67
27 B Jaco Engelbrecht  South Africa 18.62 19.59 19.56 19.59
28 B Aliaksei Nichypar  Belarus 19.39 19.54 19.41 19.54
29 B Francisco Belo  Portugal 18.28 19.47 x 19.47
30 B Mostafa Amr Hassan  Egypt 19.23 x 19.15 19.23
31 B Bob Bertemes  Luxembourg x 18.93 19.10 19.10
32 B Hamza Alić  Bosnia and Herzegovina x 18.95 x 18.95

Final

The final took place on 6 August at 20:35. The results were as follows:[9]

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
Tomas Walsh  New Zealand 21.38 21.64 21.75 21.70 21.63 22.03 22.03
Joe Kovacs  United States 21.48 20.88 21.66 x 21.17 x 21.66
Stipe Žunić  Croatia 21.01 21.46 21.04 21.08 x x 21.46
4 Tomáš Staněk  Czech Republic 21.04 21.41 x x x 20.99 21.41
5 Michał Haratyk  Poland 20.49 20.52 21.00 20.83 21.41 20.98 21.41
6 Ryan Crouser  United States 21.07 21.09 x x 21.20 21.14 21.20
7 Ryan Whiting  United States 20.82 x 20.66 x x 21.09 21.09
8 Konrad Bukowiecki  Poland x 20.65 20.89 x x x 20.89
9 Jacko Gill  New Zealand 20.36 19.82 20.82 20.82
10 David Storl  Germany x x 20.80 20.80
11 Darrell Hill  United States 20.79 20.56 x 20.79
12 Andrei Gag  Romania 19.96 x x 19.96

References

  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ "Report: men's shot put final – IAAF World Championships London 2017". IAAF. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Shot Put Men – Records". IAAF. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Shot Put Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Shot Put Men − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Shot Put Men − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Shot Put Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.